When a poem doesn't work, the first question to ask yourself is, 'Am I telling the truth?' — Wendy Cope Copy Share Image
If you stop telling lies about me, I'll stop telling the truth about you. — The Forgotten Copy Share Image
“societal conditioning discourages telling the truth to those perceived to be in higher positions.” — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
I think what makes us human is those choices - whether to tell the truth or not. — Ricky Gervais Copy Share Image
Papa set a high premium on telling the truth, and I believed everything he said. — Jack Hemingway Copy Share Image
There is nothing that is going to make people hate you more, and love you more, than telling the truth. — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
My job is to work at song writing and singing and telling the truth in song writing. My job is to be… — Beth Hart Copy Share Image
Some people are too stupid to realize, if they'd quit telling lies about others, others might stop telling the truth about them. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
You can't be both a writer and a politician, at least not a good writer. A writer must always tell the truth… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
It is, perhaps, a debatable question, whether a person who has always been notoriously in the habit of lying, has a right… — George D. Prentice Copy Share Image
“We are seething at how long we have been ignored, seething for the ones who were long ago punished for telling the… — Lindy West Copy Share Image
The problem a guy who lies all the time faces is he never can tell when anybody else is telling the truth. — Deacon Jones Copy Share Image
The stupid thing I incorrectly believed for a long time is that I believed for a long time that some politicians could… — David Crosby Copy Share Image
A man who lies, thinking it is the truth, is an honest man, and a man who tells the truth, believing it… — William Safire Copy Share Image
But death doesn't scare me. To know exactly when I might expect it, up close and in my face, would actually be… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
I don't want to tell President Obama how to make a speech. He's a much better speech maker than I am. But… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
I look at some of the great novelists, and I think the reason they are great is that they're telling the truth.… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
If there is one lesson that I have learned during my life as an analyst, it is the lesson that what my… — Heinz Kohut Copy Share Image
Have the courage to speak your mind and tell the truth from a position of love rather than anger or fear, being… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
I thought, you know, I would probably not have seen that. On the other hand, he's obviously completely telling the truth. So,… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
One of the things that I think makes it hard in this society for us to tell the truth is the kind… — Sharon Salzberg Copy Share Image
You're under tremendous pressure, and everyone needs you to be perfect all the time, and that often creates a perverse incentive to… — Gil Penchina Copy Share Image
We are missing the truth. We live in a society that lies and fosters and sells dishonesty at a discount. Remember the… — Iyanla Vanzant Copy Share Image
“When it's time to confess, you don't know what you're saying. Are you telling the truth, or do you confuse your lies… — David Guterson Copy Share Image
“The fear of abandonment forced me to comply as a child, but I’m not forced to comply anymore. The key people in… — Christina Enevoldsen Copy Share Image
“Most people cannot stand being alone for long. They are always seeking groups to belong to, and if one group dissolves, they… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“Clap her in chains," says Randalin. Never have I so wished there was a way for me to show I was telling… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
Well, it seems to me that there are books that tell stories, and then there are books that tell truths... The first… — Jennifer Donnelly Copy Share Image
The man in black smiled. "Shall we tell the truth then, you and I? No more lies?" I thought we had been."… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Speaking the truth is the genesis of solving conflict among Christians. However, Christians should always tell the truth in love whenever solving… — Austin V. Songer Copy Share Image
“Bad governments always lie because telling the truth requires honour and courage!” — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
The only thing I can do is tell the truth as I see it and let the chips fall where they may. — Jack Kemp Copy Share Image
My parents taught me the importance of telling the truth no matter what. — Marley Dias Copy Share Image
If you want to play the game of truth, I'll tell the truth, and the truth will burn. — Scott Ritter Copy Share Image
“Ollie I would never leave you," she whispered, and she knew she was telling the truth. -Schuyler” — Melissa de la Cruz Copy Share Image
When in doubt tell the truth. It will confound your enemies and astound your friends. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Those who tell the Truth love you. Those who tell you what you want to hear love themselves. — Mother Angelica Copy Share Image
